Obama Nominates Elena Kagan to be Next Supreme Court Justice

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Well the media won't question Obama, so no worries there.

Then you don't watch. Anything. After watching Countdown and Maddow last night I got plenty of anti-Kagan opinion.

Yeah, Olbermann is not a happy man it seems.......

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

The articles today make it seem like it's going to be an uphill battle.......we'll see.

From Mike Allen to my email inbox today:

Three Republicans did not vote: Cochran, Ensign and Graham. Of these, Graham is gettable, but it would be tough to envision either of the other two Republicans voting for her.

A lot will depend on what happens in the June 8th primary here.  If Gowdy upends Inglis in SC-4, Graham may feel like he needs to cast a symbolic vote against Kagan, and you can bet that Graham certainly won't agree to being the lone Republican to break a filibuster no matter what happens in the primary.

That said, I'm doubtful that the GOP will attempt a filibuster of her unless they can get bipartisan support for a filibuster.

[Landslide Lyndon]

If Kagan is confirmed then Washington governor Christine Gregoire is the favorite to replace her as Solicitor General, in which case there will be a special gubernatorial election in November.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/05/12/gregoire_considered_to_replace_kagan.html

[Brittain33]

If Kagan is confirmed then Washington governor Christine Gregoire is the favorite to replace her as Solicitor General, in which case there will be a special gubernatorial election in November.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/05/12/gregoire_considered_to_replace_kagan.html

What are the chances that someone is floating this rumor to keep Rossi from jumping into the Senate race?

[Iosif]

We haven't heard much of this lately. Has it be drowned out by other issues or is she just really dull?

When are the hearings scheduled?

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

We haven't heard much of this lately. Has it be drowned out by other issues or is she just really dull?

When are the hearings scheduled?

I don't think the hearings are for a while yet since they're going through volumes of papers.......but I'm bored with the Kagan stuff anyway.   Let's get it done and move on.